Education
The Precourt Institute for Energy's educational mission is to help develop a generation of experts and energy-literate people for the energy transition.
Resources for students
Explore Energy
Explore Energy is the Precourt Institute’s student engagement and education program across all Stanford’s schools. The program increases energy literacy, experiential learning, mentoring and networking at Stanford.
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Featured Learning Opportunities
Stanford Climate Ventures
Stanford Climate Ventures is a three-quarter project-based course sequence that practices the creation of transformational climate ventures and innovation models.
Hacking for Climate and Sustainability
Participants in this class will develop the skills required of a mission driven entrepreneur and apply lean startup principles by tackling a critical problem facing climate and sustainability as part of a team of engineers, scientists, social scientists, MBAs, and law and policy experts.
Hacking for Defense
Tackle complex problems critical to the government around national security, energy networks, cyber security, AI and invent new technologies with a team of engineers, scientists, MBAs, and policy experts
TomKat Innovation Transfer
The TomKat Center's Innovation Transfer program assists Stanford University faculty, staff, and students in commercializing breakthrough technologies and innovations in sustainability.
Seminar Series
Take an energy related seminar.
Resources for lifelong learners
Understand Energy Learning Hub
Explore different energy topics and increase your energy literacy with up-to-date, thoughtful content geared for learners who want to gain fluency around energy.
Net-Zero Energy Executive Education
The Net-Zero Energy Executive Education programs are designed to empower leaders with the essential knowledge, skills, and tools to tackle the challenge of steering their organization toward a net zero operation.
Energy Certificate
The Energy Innovation and Emerging Technologies certificate program gives you a foundational understanding of the technologies that are transforming how we obtain, distribute, store, and use energy.
California and Western Energy Lecture Series
Explore California and Western energy, including the relevant agencies and organizations, what they do and how they operate.
Local Governance Summer Institute
Participants in the program have the opportunity to exchange and acquire tools for improving local government performance and enhancing prospective analytical capacity to innovate and anticipate societal change.